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Marc & Fausto
Friday, August 22, 2008

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Feast of Fools

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A fabulous podcast for everyone! Check us out at: www.feastoffools.net

FOF #828 - The Battle for Equality - 08.26.08

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Ding dong, somebody’s getting married on today’s Feast of Fools, could it be you? We’ve got a blue light special on gay marriage as we talk to Bill Stewart, K-Mart’s former Chief Marketing Officer who left his job and lucrative salary to campaign full time on his own dime to maintain marriage equality in California. Stewart [...]

Bill Stewart on the Feast of Fools podcastDing dong, somebody’s getting married on today’s Feast of Fools, could it be you? We’ve got a blue light special on gay marriage as we talk to Bill Stewart, K-Mart’s former Chief Marketing Officer who left his job and lucrative salary to campaign full time on his own dime to maintain marriage equality in California.

Stewart made the decision to change careers after attending a GLAAD national board meeting in Los Angeles in early June regarding the looming threat to same-sex marriage.

Listen as we talk with Bill about how we’re fighting to protect gay marriage and why it’s so important for you to get involved.

Say NO to EIGHT in NOVEMBER!You can help by raising awareness and money for the cause and please, if you live in California vote No to Prop 8 in November. We can win this very important victory but we need everybody to help out.

And of course, Bill did work for K-Mart, so what I want to know is, what are Jacklyn Smith and Martha Stewart REALLY like?

Paris and Britney for McCainJohn McCain Can’t let go of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton as ads on this very site tout the girls and ask “Who is the biggest celebrity?” The link of course takes you to an ad that proudly proclaims Obama as the world’s biggest celebrity.

College Presidents are begging lawmakers to lower drinking age to 18. They figure kids are drinking anyway so why not make it legal?

I think Matthew Mitcham should get his own cereal, I'd eat it every day.Now in supermarket shelves everywhere, we can be treated to seeing Olympic superstud Michael Phelps on a Kellogg’s box of corn flakes. Yummy! Now that’s good eating.

But what about openly gay Aussie hottie, and gold-medal upset Matthew Mitcham? Doesn’t he get to be on a box of cereal too? I know everyone is thinking “put him on a box of Fruit Loops” but that’s kind of disrespectful. I think he’d be great on the healthier Fruity Cheerios instead. If I ever win an Olympic Olympic medal, I’d like to be on the box of Trix.

More fruits and nuts than a bowl of cereal- Feast of Fools.

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FOF #827 - Hard to Say Goodbye - 08.25.08

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We couldn’t stay away from the City By the Bay, so we stayed one more day with Kevin who is fabulous! And gay. So gay he makes a rainbow flag seem modest. Being in San Francisco and Las Vegas and meeting up with YOU, our listeners in both of these fabulous cities was a real [...]

Marc and Kevin ThomasWe couldn’t stay away from the City By the Bay, so we stayed one more day with Kevin who is fabulous! And gay. So gay he makes a rainbow flag seem modest.

Being in San Francisco and Las Vegas and meeting up with YOU, our listeners in both of these fabulous cities was a real treat and a sign of great things to come from our show. Because of your support we were able to come to these cities and bring a little local flavor to you. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, and to Steamworks and the Hotel Mark Twain.

Nick Starr, Fausto Fernos and friend at Meet & Greet in San FranciscoBut guess what? We had so much good stuff, we’re bringing you a whole week’s worth of great shows from San Francisco and Las Vegas. One of our favorite people we met in San Francisco was Kevin Thomas, the director of Sales for the Hotel Mark Twain.

Once again Kevin brings us a delicious roller coaster ride of great things to see and do in San Francisco.

fofwallpaper-16-patricia.jpgListen as we talk with Kevin about our mothers’ ability to swear like truckdrivers, where bears can go to get their honey pot filled, and more great parks, restaurants and secret places to have a good time.

An Italian priest has announced his plans to create a beauty contest for nuns- what will the categories be? At first the contest will be held online but Father Antonio Rungi, plans on making the contest a public event.

An indian man goes to extreme measures to avoid an arraigned marriage. His solution? Fake his HIV status for his bride-to-be’s family.

The final, FINAL performance of TrannyshackThe Prince YouTube dancing baby has his day in court and wins! A judge has ruled that content owners must consider fair use before sending takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”). Considering the “shoot them all let God sort them out” legal approach many labels use, it’s a refreshing breath of fresh air for anyone who has any type of content on the internet. Now all those fabulous drag queens who lip sync to songs on MySpace and YouTube only to get it pulled have something to fight back with. I can still see the ocean of drag queens all lip sycning to Jennifer Holiday: “And I am telling you, I’m not going…”

Always fresh, funny and fabulous- Feast of Fools.

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Hotel Mark Twain
Gay Friendly. Bear Friendly. People Friendly.
Call direct at: (415) 673-2332
and ask for the FEAST rate.


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FOF #826 - The Day After - 08.25.08

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What a night! Trannyshack’s Kiss-Off party came and went without a hitch, marking the end of an era in San Francisco’s drag scene and the start of a new one for all involved. Over 3,000 delighted fans showed up at the Regency Center on Saturday night to watch some of the country’s best drag queens [...]

Marc Felion and Peaches Christ backstage at Trannyshack's Kiss-Off PartyWhat a night! Trannyshack’s Kiss-Off party came and went without a hitch, marking the end of an era in San Francisco’s drag scene and the start of a new one for all involved.

Over 3,000 delighted fans showed up at the Regency Center on Saturday night to watch some of the country’s best drag queens and drag-inspired musicians dazzle the audiences with their elaborate, colorful and majestic performances.

Puttanesca gets into a trance before performing Hoku Mama Swamp Fausto FernĂłs (center) and some hot guys from Hothouse Close friends in the RED Room The final, FINAL performance of Trannyshack They finally kissed- Peaches Christ (in black) kisses Heklina (in pink)

Click here to see photos taken from the event. (More to come)

Ana Matronic and Curtis JensenIn many ways the Trannyshack Kiss Off was a collection of the best moments from one of the longest running and influential drag shows in the country.

On today’s show we hang out once again with gender illusionist and Daughter of Satan Peaches Christ and the delightful Curtis Jensen to look at the final moments of Trannyshack’s Kiss Off Party and to help us say goodbye to this wonderful city as we head home to Chicago.

Listen for the juicy behind the scenes details as we dish up the dirt on what rocked and what was mocked at Trannyshack.

This is before it got ugly- Lady Miss Kier, Lady Bunny and Fausto FernĂłsCan the hilarious Lady Bunny read and write her own name? Maybe, but one thing the hilarious founder of Wigstock can do is make you laugh with her raunchy collection of rotten jokes. You can look forward to our backstage interview with her next week.

Plus- Raya Light and Hoku Mama Swamp’s crowd pleasing performances, Beyond the Valley of the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival and Obama’s pick for President, whoops, I mean VICE President Sen. Joe Biden.

He’s the one who misspoke several months ago about Obama being “clean.” What do you think about his pick for VP? Will this alliance unite the democratic party?

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Hotel Mark Twain
Gay Friendly. Bear Friendly. People Friendly.
Call direct at: (415) 673-2332
and ask for the FEAST rate.


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Peaches Chrsit - Idol Worship (free with DVD purchase): Site

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FOF #825 - Is This DEEE-END of Trannyshack? - 08.22.08

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I love having celebrities in my hotel room. On today’s show we’ve got three delicious stars in our penthouse suite at the Hotel Mark Twain in San Francisco- Peaches Christ, Heklina, and Lady Miss Kier! The three of them, along with a multitude other fabulous performers will be working the stage on Saturday night at the [...]

icon-LadyMissKierI love having celebrities in my hotel room. On today’s show we’ve got three delicious stars in our penthouse suite at the Hotel Mark Twain in San Francisco- Peaches Christ, Heklina, and Lady Miss Kier!

The three of them, along with a multitude other fabulous performers will be working the stage on Saturday night at the Trannyshack Final Kiss-OFF Party, a big adieu to the weekly club show that has influenced drag queens for over 12 years.

But as they say in show business, nothing ever really dies. Will “Lash Out” be the next project in the works or will Trannyshack continue in a different form?

Lady Miss Kier and Fausto Fernos What a cute family! Heklina, Marc and Peaches hanging out at the Hotel Mark Twain in San Francisco

Lady Miss Kier is best known as the lead singer and co-producer for the mega-hit band DEEE-LITE, who’s songs “Groove is in the Heart” and “What is Love” defined the sound for a whole generation. Today their music still gets an enthusiastic response from people everywhere.

As a art director and fashion designer her influence was felt throughout the 90s in club kid fashion, video and in graphic design.

Join us for an intoxicating fun show as we dish it up with Heklina and Peaches Christ about the final night of Trannyshack in San Francisco, the impact of Dee-Lite’s music, and living in the 1990’s

Plus questions from you, our listeners.

What is fabulousness? Feast of Fools.

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Hotel Mark Twain
Gay Friendly. Bear Friendly. People Friendly.
Call direct at: (415) 673-2332
and ask for the FEAST rate.


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FOF #824 - Finding Gold in San Francisco - 08.21.08

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If you’re looking for gold in San Francisco, you can find it in the hearts and minds of every creative spirit that resides in the city, and in the warm hospitality we’ve found at the Hotel Mark Twain. Okay, maybe I’ve been huffing the fumes a bit, but we’re just tickled pink by the graciousness [...]

At the Hotel Mark TwainIf you’re looking for gold in San Francisco, you can find it in the hearts and minds of every creative spirit that resides in the city, and in the warm hospitality we’ve found at the Hotel Mark Twain.

Okay, maybe I’ve been huffing the fumes a bit, but we’re just tickled pink by the graciousness of Peaches Christ, Curtis Jensen and our newest discovery, the director of Sales for the Hotel Mark Twain, Kevin Thomas.

icon-KevinThomasKevin is your on-air concierge to share ideas on what to do, where to go and where to stay when traveling to the gayest city in America, San Francisco.

Kevin works as the director of Sales for the Hotel Mark Twain, and he’s fabulous! Listen as we talk about what makes the City by the Bay so wonderfully gay and why Billie Holiday loved coming to this fabulous place.

Restaurants you will love, undiscovered secrets and out of the way places to make your visit fabulous.

What happens when you retire as head of a billion dollar software company? You make rigntones that help fight AIDS. If you can believe it, tech billionaire Bill Gates has launched a ringtone in India as a way of breaking down taboos. How does it do it? By screaming the phrase “condom, condom, condom!” repeatedly. I’m sure it makes some people blush, but in the long run it may break down the barriers on using this vital barrier to help reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

I’m excited that the new movie “Milk” is coming soon to theaters, starring the ever-sexy Sean Penn and Trannyshack fan James Franco. Did we mention there are full nude scenes (with prostehtic wangs) in the movie? Still, some locals in San Francisco are getting anxious over the media attention, saying that they are worried that San Francisco will turn into another tacky destination full of gawking tourists.

A scorned woman is selling her cheating husband’s dirty laundry on eBay. In the spiteful listing, the jilted woman is auctioning off a picture of a pair of lacy black underpants “size humongous” and an empty condom wrapper “size small” found in her bed after her husband allegedly engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman named Kylie. Click here to see the EBay listing.

If you’ve had a rough life and it’s your time to go, wouldn’t you want to be buried horizontally? A Puerto Rican man has been granted his last wish - to remain standing, even after death.

Special embalming treatment was used on the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina to keep him on his feet for his three-day wake. I’m sure that must have been a sight to see the guy standing upright, dressed in his favorite Yankee basball cap, mourned by relatives while being propped upright in the family living room.

and the man who’s last dying wish was to be kept upright for three days.

How do you spell fabulous? F-O-F.

Don’t miss our Meet & Greet in San Francisco!Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!

Check out our sponsors:

Steamworks Gym, Sauna and Baths.
Visit Steamwork’s website and register to get a discount
on your next visit. Enter “Feast of Fools” on the promo
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Hotel Mark Twain
Gay Friendly. Bear Friendly. People Friendly.
Call direct at: (415) 673-2332
and ask for the FEAST rate.


Featured Music:
Gaye Adegbalola - Gaye Without Shame: iTunes | Amazon

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FOF #823 - Room Service - 08.20.08

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We’re in San Francisco! As the cradle of gay culture, the City by the Bay is home to fabulous folks who’ve shaped the way we think of all things rainbow. Why did it become so gay? Was it the sailors that settled here after World War II? Was it the gold miners shacking up during [...]

Peaches Christ is GoddessWe’re in San Francisco! As the cradle of gay culture, the City by the Bay is home to fabulous folks who’ve shaped the way we think of all things rainbow.

Why did it become so gay? Was it the sailors that settled here after World War II? Was it the gold miners shacking up during those long cold nights? No matter how it happened you look at it, San Francisco is the place for delicious dishes, hot destinations and innovative drag queens.

Peaches Christ and Curtis JensenWe’re staying in the beautiful Hotel Mark Twain in downtown San Francisco, so we had to order room service, and who popped in with a serving cart of fabulousness? Peaches Christ and Curtis Jensen! Two of our San Francisco favorites.

It’s a blast having one of the most famous drag queens in the whole world hanging with you in your hotel room and swapping stories about campy films. Peaches and I both just LOVE the film Showgirls. Peaches shares with us some new interesting stories about what makes the film such a spectacle.

Listen as we talk with Curtis and Peaches on how the tacky film on Las Vegas Showgirls came to be, and why Elizabeth Berkley might be one of the greatest actresses of her time.

We had an amazing experience at the Star Trek Experience in it’s final death throes. The Star trek themed Las Vegas attraction is scheduled to close on Sept 1, 2008. We met people that were married on the bridge of the fake Enterprise, a woman who rode the rides over 700 times and another woman who we just had to hug because she was so sad that she had tears in her eyes that the the place was closing.

Star Trek Meets Showgirls Austin takes a lick off Fausto's antenna

We ran into a lovely listener Austin from Salt Lake City at the Star Trek Experience. He was with his drag family enjoying a meal at Quark’s. We dished about Vegas, the show and we discovered that there is a bit of a rivalry between San Francisco and Salt Lake City Drag Queens. Will the drag wars continue? Listen to find out what Peaches has to say about the state of drag in San Francisco.

There is a silver lining to San Francisco’s Halloween woes and Peaches has the recipe for fun. Yes, we know it’s only August but for the gays it’s never too early to plan your Halloween costume and festivities.

Since we are staying at the Hotel Mark Twain here’s a little quote from Mark Twain just for fun, “I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.”

If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to listen to the Feast of Fools podcast.

Don’t miss our Meet & Greet in San Francisco!Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!

Check out our sponsors:

Steamworks Gym, Sauna and Baths.
Visit Steamwork’s website and register to get a discount
on your next visit. Enter “Feast of Fools” on the promo
code field to get the special discount.



Hotel Mark Twain
Gay Friendly. Bear Friendly. People Friendly.
Call direct at: (415) 673-2332
and ask for the FEAST rate.


Featured Music:
Gaye Adegbalola - Gaye Without Shame: iTunes | Amazon

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FOF #822 - Twitter Suicide - 08.19.08

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Nick Starr feels more comfortable text messaging than he does placing a phone call. Watching him work his iPhone, I see that his text message function gets used a whole lot. As an internet junkie Nick embraced texting early on, before it became many people’s primary form of communication. He was also one of the [...]

Nick Starr talks about mico-blogging his suicide attemptNick Starr feels more comfortable text messaging than he does placing a phone call. Watching him work his iPhone, I see that his text message function gets used a whole lot. As an internet junkie Nick embraced texting early on, before it became many people’s primary form of communication.

He was also one of the first podcasting super-fans, actively participating as a listener and informal contributor in many of the online shows we now know as podcasts.

The fun ended when he got outed as a gay man on one of his favorite shows, Nobody Likes Onions.

Nick Starr and his beloved iPhone 3G Nick texting

Nick sold his blackberry cell phone and a listener bought it and sent his gay online personal ads to be ridiculed for the world to hear.

Marc Felion, Nick Starr and Fausto FernĂłsLater he came into the national spotlight when he attempted suicide and micro-blogged about it on Twitter. He got a lot of sympathy from his friends, family and an in-depth article about the experience in the New York Times.

Today Nick is looking great and living a healthy, happy life as an openly gay man in San Francisco.

Listen as we talk with Nick about cyber-bullying, guilt over what turns us on and the future of podcasts and online communities.

Ernest Borgine, star of such classics as The Poseidon Adventure and Marty credited the secret to his longevity to masturbating. The 91 year old actor told Fox and Friends that he likes to release the pressure in hushed tones but it was picked up by his mic. Love that Ernest-ness!

The Internet and television is all a buzz about what’s on US Olympic champion Michael Phelps’ iPod. He seems to never be with out it in photos these days. Could he be listening to Feast of Fools? I don’t know but the idea of him spending some time listening to Tracy’s sexy stories, or Sal-E take on the nightlife, or even Amanda’s sci fi geek tangents makes me giddy.

Obama ShirtlessPresident Vladimir Putin takes of his shirt!Finally a president you would want to see shirtless! Photos of Barack Obama playing in the surf in Hawaii are making the rounds. Maybe Obama took a page from former Russian president Vladimir Putin and decided to sex up his image by appearing shirtless. We We hope and pray that McCain doesn’t do the same.

Plus- beer milkshakes and believe it or not, Nathan Lane’s Lip Plumping Lip Balm.

The podcast that makes its own gravy- Feast of Fools.

Don’t miss our Meet & Greet in San Francisco!Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!

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FOF #821 - Preparing for Disaster - 08.18.08

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We’re in Las Vegas! A city full of bright lights, slot machines, lavish shows and tacky things everywhere. A great place to visit, but being surrounded by so many people gambling the night away on slot machines and roulette wheels makes me panic a little. Like the end of the world is near. Las Vegas [...]

Meredith Medland on the Feast of Fools podcastWe’re in Las Vegas! A city full of bright lights, slot machines, lavish shows and tacky things everywhere. A great place to visit, but being surrounded by so many people gambling the night away on slot machines and roulette wheels makes me panic a little. Like the end of the world is near.

Las Vegas would be the last place I would want to be caught fighting off zombies in a total apocalypse scenario. But, alas, here we are at a conference full of podcasters.

Thankfully we ran into the delightful talk show host Meredith Medland of the Living Green podcast. The show’s motto is “effortless ecology for everyday people.”

On her weekly podcast Meredith talks extensively about the psychology of the ecology and why we are “going green” all of a sudden. She talks to not only environmentalists and eco-friendly types, but also to fatalists, those people who are preparing for the collapse of Western civilization and the end of the world as you and I know it. Yeow!

She spent a lot of time with people who build bomb shelters, own guns and stockpile enough preserved food to feed themselves for a good year. Needless to say Meredith is getting a little anxious listening to these people talk in detail about why the world might go poof in a blink of an eye.

Good thing our gal knows Hapkido! Meredith says she can kick herself out of a handgun, and we believe her.

This is how Meredith defends herself against a gun Meredith show Marc her moves

Listen as we talk to Meredith about her red carpet interviews with Will Smith, Al Gore and how Oscar nominee Sienna Miller feels in her body when preparing for those sexy love scenes.

New study shows the pill may affect what kind of a man a woman is attracted to. Woman who take the pill are more likely to choose a mate that has similar DNA to their won. This may result in difficulties getting pregnant or miscarrying. Woman who don’t take the pill are equally attracted to both men who are and who are not similar to them genetically. Why do we as gay men care about the pill and its effects? Well, if there is a pill that will make Pavel Novotny attracted to me, I want to know about it!

Our best Charlie's Angels imitationOne of the owner’s of Manhunt was outed as a hard core republican because he gave money to John McCain’s campaign. The money has since been to Obama and the man has resigned but the popular gay dating site (by date, we mean hook up) is in the middle of a big controversy as to how we reconcile someone’s political leanings and our values as gay people. Do we boycott the company because someone in leadership doesn’t share our values or do we just take the product as is?

Jeff Whitty, the gay author of the hit Broadway show Avenue Q probably never heard of Adam Hinton and Kerry Norris when he wrote the song lyrics that allows you to be “as loud as the hell you want when you are making love.” Well, as it turns out, you can’t be loud as the hell you want when you’re making love, at least not in the U.K. This happy couple were so loud in their lovemaking that the neighbors got a restraining order against Adam and he can longer visit his lover’s home.

Savor the flavor- Feast of Fools.

Don’t miss our Meet & Greet in San Francisco!Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!

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FOF #820 - The Mind Body Connection - 08.15.08

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How is the internet affecting us? Recently we held a public form (with LifeLube) on the topic on how online communites, podcasts, forums, blogs and videos are changing not only the way we see ourselves, but how the general public thinks about queer folks. Let’s face it. There’s a whole lot of crazy on the [...]

Dr. Brian MustanskiHow is the internet affecting us? Recently we held a public form (with LifeLube) on the topic on how online communites, podcasts, forums, blogs and videos are changing not only the way we see ourselves, but how the general public thinks about queer folks.

Let’s face it. There’s a whole lot of crazy on the internet, and what seemed far out a decade ago is kind of boring by today’s standards. Your sex life is probably not as weird as you thought it once was. That’s progress.

On today’s show we’re revising the topic of the impact of the internet with Dr. Brian Mustanski, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Brian developed one of the first online studies of gay lesbian and bisexual people and is now working on “Keep it Up” an online HIV infection prevention program for young men. The majority of his work focuses on the development of “sexual minority” people and how the Internet affects us.

Listen as we talk about internet addiction, the risks of online dating and hookups and what science has taught us about human sexuality in the past year.

Misconceptions surrounding what turns us on, the mind body disconnect, how pheromones turn us on, why gay couples are happier than their hetero counterparts and the fluidity of female sexual orientation.

People debate if bisexuality is a temporary stage of denial, a transition on the way to being gay or a third type of sexual orientation. A study followed non-heterosexual women over 10 years and found, 2/3 of women changed the identity labels they had claimed at the beginning of the study, and 1/3 changed labels 2 or more times. The study conducted by L.M. Diamond suggests a fluidity to female sexual orientation, but that bisexual identity does appear to be distinct from identifying as a lesbian.

According to a study by Savic and Lindstrom, some parts of the brain are organized more around sexual orientation to men or women than they are organized around sex itself. Interesting patterns of brain activation to same-sex pheromones in gay men (“i.e. the nose knows.”). Sexual orientation may be wired into the brain before birth.

A disturbing fact is that the US underestimated prevalence of HIV by as much as 40% and up to 53% among MSM. This means there have probably been about 10,000 more MSM infected with HIV each year than previously thought.

Same-sex couples in domestic partnerships are more likely to stay together. Compared with heterosexual married participants, male and female same-sex couples reported greater relationship quality, compatibility, and intimacy and lower levels of conflict. Gay couples are better!

And finally, internet sex seeking doesn’t lead to HIV risk behaviors. I’m missing the link here, but we’ll find it!

Don’t miss our Meet & Greet in San Francisco!Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!
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FOF #819 - Mini Cows and Killer Crocs - 08.14.08

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Gaybies beware! Kathy Griffin is on the rampage. In case you’ve missed the best reality show on television, comedian Kathy Griffin hit an off-key with some of the gays who have opted to become parents otherwise know as gaybies. On today’s show Curtis Jensen joins us to talk about his crazy friend’s outrage [...]

Marc Felion and Curtis Jensen

Gaybies beware! Kathy Griffin is on the rampage. In case you’ve missed the best reality show on television, comedian Kathy Griffin hit an off-key with some of the gays who have opted to become parents otherwise know as gaybies.

On today’s show Curtis Jensen joins us to talk about his crazy friend’s outrage over Kathy Griffin’s gay-parent controversy and the letter he sent to Bravo to complain.

One thing we never knew is that Curtis’ brother-in-law is a minuteman, a guy who in his spare time travels some four or five hours down to the U.S.-Mexico border and uses a gun to force them back into their country.

On a happier note, the Steamworks twister sideshow at Market Days was huge success, raising money for Chicago House.

Oh the economy! Downsizing is making everything tiny, say hello to mini-cows! Some farmers are now switching their regular sized livestock for these cute and delicious miniaturized versions.

Croc shoes banned from Austrian hospitals for their static electricity properties. The unique shoes may not only kill your fashion sense, but they may actually kill you because they allegedly build up static electricity which can damage electrical units or cause organ failure.

What will the fashionably unconscious wear?

Don’t miss our Meet & Greets! Click here to donate to our travel fund.

• GLBT Podcaster & Listener Meet & Greet, Las Vegas!
Meet many of the well known GLBT podcasters all in one place
Thursday, August 14, 2008 • 7-10pm
SpaceQuest Bar, Hilton Hotel
3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV

• Meet & Greet in San Francisco
Meet Fausto FernĂłs, Marc Felion and Peaches Christ unmasked!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 • 7-10pm
Pilsner Inn
225 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

See you there!

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